Unknown dark Hemipteran - a photo on Flickriver

Dark-hued Hemipteran (insect)
Eastshore State Park
Albany, California

Hemipterans are an order of insects often called "true bugs." There has been quite a shake-up among experts over how to classify this group of related bugs. Apparently there's an ongoing argument about what to call them.

The main thing which they all have in common is a long sucking-mouthpart called a proboscis -- which is encased within a beak or hardened tube. This enables them to pierce tissues -- especially plants -- and suck out sap.

Hempiterans include stink bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers, water-striders, aphids, scale insects, and assassin bugs. Assassin bugs use their beaks (also called rostrums) to pierce other insects (and sometimes spiders!) and suck out their insides.

My thanks to natalija2006 for alerting me to my error in originally calling this a beetle. Another friend of mine had suggested it might be a roach. Roaches and beetles are in separate orders, the Blattaria and Coleoptera, respectively.

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Taken in: United States / California / Albany (show map)

Taken on: April 9, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D5000, f/11.0, 1/640 sec, 120mm (=180mm), ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5000
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	120mm (35mm equivalent: 180mm)
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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